Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo; to which is added the Journal of Richard Lander from Kano to the Sea-Coast, Partly by a More Eastern Route

8vo [24 x 15 cm]; [iv, ads], xxiv, 422, [ii, ads] pp, folding engraved map (tear in blank portion), engraved plan, showing the course of the Kowara or Quarra, illus, vocabulary of Yourriba and Fellatah languages, meteorological tables. original cloth backed boards, spine worn and split but holding, original paper title label is very worn and rubbed, some light foxing and few stains, signature on title page, good copy not usually found in publisher's boards and with the ads. A picture of A narrative of an attempt to determine the source and direction of the Niger River in western Africa. Clapperton, who participated in an earlier journey in this area under the leadership of Denham, on this second expedition journeyed in part with his personal servant, Richard Lander, who later went on to finally solve the mystery of the Niger. Clapperton travelled to Bussa, 'where he ascertained the details of Park's death' (Sykes, History of Exploration), to Kano and to Katunga and Sokoto, where he died. John Barrow, a famous explorer in his own right, edited his journal and wrote the detailed introduction, after Clapperton's death of malaria and dysentery. Gay 337. Work 20.